Thursday, August 26, 2010

You might be wondering what I'm babbling about, and for good reason. Yes I did have a solo show coming up still do, I set up on this coming Monday, it was to be called She was Third Class. Well I started having problems with the pieces I was making for starters given the current state of the economy researching third class social status for women in America was becoming, well depressing! Couple this with John being very ill, massive flooding which meant I was out of my studio for two whole weeks, and that everytime I started to work on the subject cows kept coming to mind, I decided to shelve this project for awhile. I want to approach it from a satirical point of view, not a depressing point of view.

In come the Girls of Summer... but the Girls of Summer is about "Cows". Yep out in the pasture grazing on grass is my happy place! I love cows, they make me smile and quite frankly if you've ever watched them long enough, they will also crack you up. Having spent one long hot summer milking 300 cows twice a day, on a 600 dairy cow farm, taught me a LOT about cows and cow humor.

So enter the "Girls". I'm still doing encaustic for this show, very large panels in fact that will require some torch work over the weekend. If I did the math correctly the 10 pieces I am currently working on will just fit onto the one wall.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

We browned the meat slices before adding to the jars, added water to the drippings in the pan and then added the juice to the jars. These will be processed for 75 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure (I'm below 1000 ft). Can't wait to have a French Dip with Au Jus sandwich!

About Me

A Mixed Media Fiber Artist, I have been dyeing with natural dyes using local and sustainable materials since 1993. I teach surface design using natural dyes, rust dyeing, compost dyeing and other surface design techniques.